Multi-Agency Resources

Provides an alpahetical listing of agenices, boards, and commissions in the state of Oklahoma. Each link leads to a pdf file providing the Agency Code, location, phone and FAX, website, mission statement, administration, personnel, and History and Function. Also included is the state law that created and governs the group in question.

The Science of Oklahoma

The purpose of this Wiki is to allow Oklahoma birders to share their knowledge of Oklahoma birds with the Oklahoma birding community. The Wiki allows visitors to search for information on Oklahoma birds and to enter new records of interest.

The OVPD provides the citizens of Oklahoma, the scientific community, and others with the most current knowledge of Oklahoma plant distributions. The goal of the OVPD project is to database all Oklahoma Plant specimens housed in state herbaria.

Oklahoma Libraries

Oklahoma Periodicals Index is a searchable online index about people, places, history, culture, wildlife, and natural history in the state of Oklahoma. The index consists of four key periodicals: The Chronicles of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Today, Outdoor Oklahoma, and Persimmon Hill.

Contains documents and images from the digital collections of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. It spans more than 100 years of state history. Includes documents, photographs, reports, pamphlets, newspapers, maps, and posters. Also includes an author database covering dates from the late 1800's to the present day.

Allows searching of the catalog of the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. Allows basic and keywords searches, and has connections to the Statewide Catalog, WorldCat, and ILL. Also provides contact and location information for the Library, allows you to review Your Account, and provides connections to the Department home page and various online databases.

Allows searching the Oklahoma Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Catalog. Available searches include author, title, and subject. The search can also be limited by availability, media, language, age or reading level, and by fiction or nonfiction. It is also possible to use a patron profile when searching.

Families and Kids

Provides access to various resources for parents and their children. These resources include GetNetWise, Kids Connection, Oklahoma Kids Count Factbook, state and national web resources related to children-at-risk, and How Oklahoma Libraries are Good for Kids.

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority, OKHCA, is the State's primary entity in charge of SoonerCare, or Oklahoma Medicaid. This searchable database provides information not only to individuals enrolled in the program but also to its providers. See also Social Services and Department of Health.

Historical Oklahoma

Oklahoma has many agencies that help to inform people about the history of the state.
Museums, archives, historical homes, and military sites are just some of the resources one can find by visiting this website.

The Oklahoma State Archives and Records Management Division houses official papers of the governor's office, House and Senate bills, Supreme Court case files, Secretary of State articles of incorporation, General Land Office survey records and remonumentation filings.

Did you know that the Carl Albert Center has an extensive congressional manuscript collection? It also houses an amazing photograph collection.

Provides links to the Oklahoma Landmarks Inventory Database [[1]] where one can search for a historic property, project, or resource by city, county, or address. From this site one can also access the the National Register of Historic Places, complete with Interactive Map, but it should be noted that the Register is not a database.

This database allows for multiple search methods. The category search is a multi-step process. In the first step, one decides whether one is searching all areas or a specific city or county. In the second step on chooses a topic. One can choose from abuse, access service, addiction, basic needs, children, community service, counseling, crime, crisis/emergency, disabilities, education, employment, ethnicity, family, financial assistance, food, health care, housing, legal, men, mental health, rehabilitation, safety, seniors, support, transportation, and women. One then chooses from a list of keywords specific to the topic.

One can also search by keyword, selecting first an area, then from a list of services, or one can search alphabetically to find a specific organization. Finally, there are advanced search options, such as keyword word searching, taxonomy word searching, taxonomy code searching, agency record searching, and program record searching. Geographic filters can be used for keyword word searching and program record searching. Program searching also allows for additional filters, such as documents in Spanish.

"The Pioneer Library System Community Information Service is an active online database that connects people in need to local service organizations that serve Cleveland, McClain and Pottawatomie Counties."

Allows one to search the licenses in Oklahoma for all their funeral needs. Apprentice, Funeral Director or Embalmer,Funeral Establishmet/Commercial Embalming/Crematory, or Burial Association.
One can also download and view the neccessary forms for granting of these licenses.

The Oklahoma Health Care Authority, OKHCA, is the State's primary entity in charge of SoonerCare, or Oklahoma Medicaid. This searchable database provides information not only to individuals enrolled in the program but also to its providers. See also Families and Kids and Department of Health.

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires is federal law that requires advanced notification to be supplied by employers to their employees when there is a plant closing or mass layoff. The law requires that employees receive the notice 60 days in advance. Allows searching by company name, city, zip code, LWIB area, start and end dates, and type of layoff.

Provides for searching of educational insitutions of all types. Searching available by training type, school name, school type, location, zip code, program name contains, CIP Code, local area, and services provided.

The database contains all the Oklahoma Public and Nonpublic School Districts (Superintendents) and Sites (Principals) mailing list info and additional fields for October 2006 enrollment and number of staff at each site.

This database contains the latest school district "Report Cards" for each school district in Oklahoma. Searchable by district or county names. Information provided by the Education Oversight Board Office of Accountability.

Oklahoma Statistical Information

Oklahoma and The Arts

The Oklahoma Arts Council is the official state agency for the support and development of the arts in Oklahoma. This site provides information on grants, services, artists, and resources for both patrons and artists. The OAC website also provides a calander of events relating to the arts and Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Production Guide features an online, searchable database for locating crew, equipment, and film and video production related services throughout Oklahoma. The Guide is sponsored by the Oklahoma Film and Music Office which also supports information about filming in Oklahoma.

Online License Verification

This database allows for searching either individuals or firms. The individual search options include registration number, type of license, first name, last name, city, state, and zip code. When you search by firm, your options are registration number, type of firm, firm name, city, state, and zip code.

Oklahoma Corporation Commission

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission regulates public utilities, oil and gas drilling, production and environmental protection, motor fuel quality and containment, and gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety procedures, among other duties.